POETRY UNIT

A short piece of imaginative writing, of a personal nature and

laid out in lines

Dialect- a version of language spoken by people in a particular place, time, or social group.

• Ex: ya’ll, yun’z

“WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNK IN”P O E T I C D E V I C E S

ONOMATOPOEIA

The use of words or phrases that sound like the things to which they refer.

Ex: Bang, pop, buzz

“WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN”POETIC DEVICES

Alliteration- the repetition of initial consonant sounds• Ex: Sally sells sea shells, Tip of the tongue

Atmosphere- that emotion created in the reader by all or part of a literary work.

“WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNK IN”P O E T I C D E V I C E S

POEM VOCABULARY

Fodder- food for animals

Shock- bunches of grain bound together

Guiney- a barnyard bird

Furrows- long, narrow trench in the ground made by the plow

Souse- type of pickled meat

Boarding- a place to stay

“WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN”

By James Whitcomb Riley

Prereading Questions:

What season has frost?

What do you visualize when you read the title?

What dialect do you think this poem uses? Why?

What do you predict this poem will be about?

POEM 1: SEASONAL POEM

Choose one season

Write a 8-12 line poem about that season

Poem must have the following: • Use of sensory details to create imagery• An example of alliteration• An example of onomatopoeia

Must be coherent and unified!!

“THE LISTENERS”

By Walter de la Mare

“THE LISTENERS”P O E T I C D E V I C E S

Rhyme- the repetition of sounds at the ends of words• What rhyming words do you know??

Rhyme Scheme- a regular pattern of end rhymes• Examples:

• ABAB• ABBA• ABBB• AABB• ABCA• ETC……

POEM VOCABULARY

Champed- bit, chewed

Turret- small tower, often round

Smote- hit, beat, knocked

Perplexed- confused, puzzled

Phantom- ghost, spirit

Thronging- gathering of a large numbers

Hearkening- listening

Cropping- cutting short

“THE LISTENERS” QUESTIONS

Prereading Questions:

What do you predict the mood/atmosphere of this poem will be? Why?

“400-METER FREE STYLE”

“400-METER FREE STYLE”P O E T I C D E V I C E S

Concrete poem- printed or written in a shape that goes with the subject matter.

Action- the sequence of events that occur in literary work.

Poem Vocabulary Catapult- shoot, leap Cunning- with skill Thrift- careful management or resources Extravagance- unreasonable excess Mobile- capable of moving Convert- change to another form List- tilt to one side Expend- consume by using Surge- Violent rolling or sweeping

“400-METER FREE STYLE”

“400-METER FREE STYLE”

Prereading Questions:

What do you know about the start of a swimming meet?

What are laps?

POEM 2: CONCRETE POEM

Create a concrete poem.

At least ten lines

Must take the shape of the subject matter

Does not need to rhyme

Be creative!

20 points